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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK
HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK operates as an average-sized elementary campus in LUBBOCK, Texas, operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,687 students. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK is one of those campuses.
On demographics, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder is composed of 24% Black, 15% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lubbock County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 44.6%.
In the area at large, census data for Lubbock County shows median household income runs about $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WESTER EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.
The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Five-year trend. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK's enrollment has edged up 44% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 559). White enrollment moved from 42% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LUBBOCK community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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